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Bryan Danielson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bryan Lloyd Danielson, Daniel Bryan, Bryan Daniel
American professional wrestler
Film & TV
Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Bryan Danielson is an American former professional wrestler who now works as a commentator on AEW Dynamite. He is also widely known for his time in WWE from 2009 to 2021 under the ring name Daniel Bryan. Danielson began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit and signed an 18-month contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000, later making…
Known for
- AEW Dynasty — Bryan Danielson2026
- AEW All In 2026: London - Buy In — Bryan Danielson2026
- AEW All In: London — Bryan Danielson2026
- AEW All In 2025: Texas — Bryan Danielson2025
- AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 — Bryan Danielson - English Commentary2025
- AEW All Out 2025 — Bryan Danielson - English Commentary2025
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 — Bryan Danielson2024
- NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024 — Bryan Danielson2024
- AEW Revolution 2024 — Bryan Danielson2024
- AEW Dynasty 2024 — Bryan Danielson2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Bryan Lloyd Danielson , ( 1981-05-22 ) May 22, 1981 (age 45) , Aberdeen, Washington , U.S.
- Spouse
- Brie Bella , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Relative
- Nikki Bella (sister-in-law)
- Ring name s
- American Dragon, Bryan Danielson , Daniel Bryan, Daniel Wyatt, Dynamic Dragon, Infinito
- Billed height
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Billed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Billed from
- Aberdeen, Washington
- Trained by
- Professional wrestling :, Rudy Gonzalez, Shawn Michaels , Texas Wrestling Academy , Bobby Eaton , Tracy Smothers , William Regal , Memphis Championship Wrestling , Antonio Inoki , Inoki Dojo , Submission grappling :, Neil Melanson , Xtreme Couture
- Debut
- October 4, 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lloyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Aberdeen
- Spouse
- Brie Garcia
- Employer
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Mass
- 95
- Image
- Daniel Bryan in April 2014.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Bryan Danielson
- date of birth
- 1981-05-22
- birth name
- Bryan Lloyd Danielson
- start of work period
- 1999-04-18
- social media followers
- 4559987
- name in native language
- Bryan Danielson
- pseudonym
- Daniel Bryan
- theme music
- The Final Countdown
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Encyclopedic overview
Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American sports commentator and semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves as a color commentator for its flagship show Dynamite and is a part-time in-ring performer. He is also known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Daniel Bryan from 2010 to 2021.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Danielson began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, and signed an 18-month contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000; he later went on to make appearances in WWE until 2003. He joined Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002, wrestling in the main event of the promotion's first event; considered a mainstay of ROH, he stayed with the company until 2009, winning the ROH World Championship and ROH Pure Championship once each. He unified the championships at one point and was also the inaugural winner of the annual ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament. In 2022, he was named as part of the inaugural class of the ROH Hall of Fame. He also wrestled extensively in Japan, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He won numerous titles on the independent circuit, including the PWG World Championship, the FIP Heavyweight Championship, and the wXw World Heavyweight Championship.
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